Stove-rack.



'0. 639,702. Patented [180.26, i899.

E. BENNETT.

STOVE RACK.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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EDWVIN BENNETT, OF OARTHAGE, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 639,702, dated December 26, 1899. Application filed September 11,1899. Serial No. 730,152. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN BENNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Stove-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stove-racks.

- The object ofthe present invention is to improve the construction of stove-racks and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to support cooking utensils, stove-lids, and analogous articles and capable of ready adjustment to suit the height and width of a stove.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove-rack constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a stove. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the manner of supporting the lid-receptacle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a pair of standards designed to be located at opposite sides of a stove 2, at the back thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawin gs,and connected by cross-pieces 3 and 4, located at the upper ends of the standards and at a short distance below the same. The standards and the crosspieces are preferably constructed of tubular metal; but they may be made solid and can be constructed of wood or any other suitable material. The lower ends of the standards are stepped in suitable sockets 5, and the top of the stove is provided with projecting plates or cars 6, having openings through which the standards pass. The sockets 5 are provided with base plates or flanges and are screwed or otherwise secured to the floor, and the eyes or plates are fastened to the top of the stove by screws, bolts, or other suitable fastening devices. The plates or ears 6 are capable of vertical adjustment on the standards and may be secured to stoves of different heights, as will be readily apparent.

.In order to enable the rack to be adjusted to suit stoves of different widths, the crosspieces 3 and 4 are composed of telescoping sections, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. The upper cross piece 3 consists of a tubular portion having its ends arranged in horizontal arms of elbow members 7 ,which have vertical arms arranged on the upper ends of the standards. The lower cross-piece 4 consists of a tubular portion which is arranged on tubular arms or sections extending horizontally from the standards. This construction permits the device to be varied in width to suit stoves of different sizes.

The vertical standards and the horizontal cross-pieces are provided at intervals with projections or hooks adapted to support cook' in g utensils and various other articles and implements necessary for cooking, and these hooks 9, which extend forward laterally and vertically, support the various kitchen articles within convenient reach.

From the lower cross-bar 4 is suspended a transverse receptacle 10, which is in the form of a trough and which has an extended outer wall or portion -11. The back of the trough is provided at intervals with curved hooks or hangers 12, conforming to the configuration of the tubular cross-piece 4 and engaging the same, whereby the transverse receptacle is suspended therefrom. This trough or receptacle, which extends rearward from the right, is adapted for the reception of stove-lids and various other articles which cannot be conveniently hung on the supporting hooks or projections 9. The hooks 12, which engage the cross-bar 4, are provided with vertical projections 13, adapted to support various articles, and the said hooks or hangers 12, which detachably engage the cross-bar 4, permit the receptacle to be readily removed therefrom and replaced thereon.

The invention has the following advantages 2 The stove-rack, which is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, is readily applied to a stove, and it is capable of adjustment to suit the height and Width of the same. it forms a convenient, support for utensils, covers, and various other kitchen articles. It holds the same Within convenient reach, and the receptacle is adapted to hold stovelids and various other articles which cannot be hung upon the supporting hooks or projections. By arranging the trough or receptacle at the back of the rack forks, spoons, and various other implements may be suspended from the hooks or projections which extend forward from the cross-bars 3 and 4c.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising standards designed to be arranged at opposite sides of a stove and provided with sup porting hooks or projections, cross-pieces connectin g the standards and provided with supporting devices, and a transverse receptacle supported by one of the cross-pieces, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising standards designed to be secured at opposite sides of a stove, a cross-piece connecting the standards, and atransverse receptacle provided with supporting-hooks engaging the cross-piece, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising standards designed to be arranged at opposite sides of a stove, cross-pieces connecting the standards, a receptacle provided at intervals with hooks engaging one of the cross pieces, and hooks or projections mounted on the standards and on the cross-pieces, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'flixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDlVIN BENNETT.

Witnesses:

LETTIE BENNETT, R. H. PAAR.

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